The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-12-07
The adventures of a Dead Muiiet.
BY B. H. T.


dead. Did you ever sit down by
the fire, at home, on a cold rainy
Saturday night, and seriously think
of the late of the poor mullet from
the time he is caught at the Bay
until he lands in the frying pan at
some inland town.
We had an int rvi c W
with the ghost of one of
these fishes last Saturday night
and decided to give it to the pub,
lie. Our ghost came not like the
ghost of Hamlet,s father, urging
is to any deeds of revenge on ac-
count of the way in which it had
been killed and drug over the face
of the earth, but rather like some
tired and worn-ouG soul that was
seeking rest, and some kind and
attentive ear into which it could
pour the troubles and sorrows of
broken heart. Said his ghostship,
after taking seat by our comfort,
able fire:
at was on the afternoon Of last
Thursday, that my two brothers
an | LETT our school and wandered
out near the shore, il search of
something to eat. We had Just
es5ap2l the jaws Of a hu ,e shark,
AMI were laughing and chatting
marrily, when, the fishcrman's net
ran in bel ind and threw us out on
the high, dry l.,nl, at Tampa, Fla.
W. were picked up, tie on bear
grass strins, and together with Il
Iot of other fish, thrown INFO bar
r3ll and lump of zee thrown in on
top Of US.
1--WE were then thrown iato an
express car and shipped to a whole
sale merchant at Savannah, Ga.
We left this point IN time to reach
Dawson Saturday afternoon at .
O'clock. Up to this time ohr cas-
re2r had been very pleasant and
uaeventtul, with nothing transpir-
ing to disturb our equilibrium. -
The fact of the business is, we res
manned in kind o lethargic state,
so to speak, until the barrell was
thrown out in front Of one of the
stores here in Dawson, and man
began tobreak in the head oft, and
cry, heres your fresh fsh-only
twenty-five cents a string On
hearing this we were somewhat
aroused and began to open our
eyes and look about us, as it were.
Being on top we we're taken out
and hung up on a nail high ABOVE
the Darrell as a sign. This began
to look interesting now and being
up where we could see the crowds
that passed along the sidewalk we
were enjoying ourselves hugely. =
Here we we're on a Saturday after>
noon, in the bright and thriving
little city of Dawson.
"The side walk was crowded
with people OF all kinds, but the
colored persuasion having the ma
jority. we were more impressed by
their manners. All the time the
man at the Darrell was yelling
Here's your nice fresh mullet,
twenty-five cents a string Mister
yer say da's only wifi er quarter?
all right, DIES keep dis string tell l
see my Pa Other buyers came
along and things were getting pref
ty lively when the dealer pulled us
down and with three or four other
strings, turned US over to a little
coon and told him to go out on
Lee Street and see if he could sell
us. Here we go with the boy down
Lee street, having a fine time
looking at the residences, when all
at once, we were thrown down on
the ground and some enc hollos
out: Hi, jennie, lets null Out
come the tops and the boys spend
halt hour nulling while we were
lying on the ground waiting for
them to get through, a hog came